Friday, July 30, 2010

Yard Art Repaint

I was hanging out at my friends pool for the day and I noticed this cute little sign that was stuck into a plant.  I had a bit of a time trying to see what it once looked like before the sun had faded it, so I asked him if I could take it home and repaint it back to it's original glory, he said please!!!  So, here it is before I painted it and after I glued down the flap on the back of one of the pieces with some wood glue.


Then I painted it...
I thought it looked GREAT and so alive with color again
Here it is finished, but my friend requested it to be white~washed,  so reluctantly I did...
I think it turned out looking much better than it did before,  what do you think?

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Short Aprons with Ruffles

 I absolutely LOVED creating these aprons!!! My best friend has an apron with ruffles on the bottom and I was so inspired,  ENJOY! 

Blue & Yellow Apron with Ruffles and a Pocket ~ $ 25

Secured Neck Straps

Flawless Pocket

Secured Side Straps

Blue and Brown Striped Short Apron ~ $ 25

Green Blossom Short Apron w/ Ruffles ~ $25

Camo Short Apron w/ Ruffles ~ $25

Green Leaf Short Apron w/ Ruffles ~ $25



~ SOLD ~

~ No Longer Available ~
~ No Longer Available ~

~ No Longer Available ~



Thursday, July 22, 2010

Recipe for Banana Bread


I have been making this banana bread for about 12 years now...it is my favorite!!! 



~ ☼ ~

2 1/2 Cups ALL-Purpose Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
3/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 1/2 Cups Mashed Bananas ( 3 large ripe bananas )
1/4 Cup Milk
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1/2 Cup Butter (1 Stick ), Softened
1 Cup Sugar
2 Large Eggs

Optional ~ 1 Cup of nuts, walnuts or pecans
( I use walnuts )

~ ☼ ~

1. Preheat Oven to 350. Grease 9" x  5" metal loaf pan.

In medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
In small bowl, stir together bananas, milk, and vanilla until blended.
 ( I use a potato masher to get the job done a little quicker! )

2. In a large bowl, with mixer at meduim speed, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.  Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Reduce speed to low: add flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture, scraping bowl occasionally.

3. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of bread comes out clean. Cool loaf in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes: remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

  Makes 1 Loaf, 16 slices.
Each slice: about 205 Calories, 3 G Protein, 33 G Carbohydrate, 7 G Total Fat., (4 saturated ), 1 G Fiber.



Mixing at Low Speed

Recipe from Good Housekeeping Baking 1999
Remember to put your banana peels and egg shells in your compost pile.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Shoulder Bags and Snack Pouches

A dear friend of mine belongs to free cycle and she picked up 5 HUGE bags of fabric,  she was generous enough to share about HALF the fabric with me.  The inspiration for these bags comes from my heart   ♥

~ SOLD OUT ~

Turquoise & Tan Reversable
Daisy Patterned Bags ~ $ 30

Measuring 17 x 19
Straps 26 inches
 Pink & Green Bags ~  $30
1. Measuring 20 & 1/2 x 19
2. Measuring 19 x 18
Straps ~ 25 inches

Snack Pouches ~ 2 for $10
 ☼ Holds a little over 2 cups of snack  ☼
 




Green, Red & Cream Patterned  Bag ~ $ 30
Measuring 19 1/2 x 17
Straps 35 inches

Blue/Green Striped Bag ~ $ 30
Measuring 14 1/2  x  15 1/2 inches
Strap 29 inches

Blue/Grey Oriental Lined Bag ~ $ 30
Measuring 14 1/2  x  13 1/2 inches
Strap 28 inches

Red & Yellow Spotted Bag ~ $ 30
Light yellow silk liner
Measuring 18 x 13 inches
Strap 34 inches

Blue & Yellow Spotted Bag ~ $ 30
Measuring 14 x 18 inches
Straps 30 inches




~ SOLD ~



Long Aprons

Long Pink Tie-Died Apron w/pocket ~ $25
Long Pink Tie-Die Apron with Pink straps ~ $25
Long Blue Tie Died Apron ~ $25
Long Pink Apron ~ $25
W/ Purple Stitching
& 1 without the purple stitching
Zoomed in view of purple stitching...
Long Dark Blue Apron with Double Pockets ~ $25

Close up view of  Stitching
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